Reversing single phase motor



March 1940- E. J. SCHAEFER REVEBSING SINGLE PHASE MOTOR Filed March 9, 193a AAIAAAII m M Z Z 5 0 0 Z 0 o 4 w a w o o 2 0 0 "M PDDDPDR 1144111 I 2 0 Inventor- Edward. J. S chaeFer,

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Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT omcs asvaasme smeu: rnssa Moron New York Application March 9,

11 Claims.

My invention relates to reversing motors of the single phase split phase type. and its object is to provide means whereby standard single phase motor installations may be made reversing in a 5 simple manner.

Single phase split phase motors generally employ an automatic speed responsive switch for cutting out or modifying the starting winding circuit connections as the motor comes up to speed. My invention relates to a. reversing scheme for such motors in which, assuming the motor to be operating at full speed in one direction, a reversing switch may be thrown to immediately start reversing the motor without the necessity of waiting for the automatic starting switch to function to reconnect the starting winding for starting conditions. This is preferably accomplished by a quick acting relay associated in short-circuiting relation with the customary automatic speed responsive starting switch. I may also make use of negative torque motor characteristics in quickly bringing the motor to rest in such reversing operations.

The features of my invention which are believed to be novel and patentable will be pointed out in the claims appended hereto. For a better understanding of my invention reference is made in the following description to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 represents a capacitor start split phase motor which has a high resistance rotor for producing a negative damping torque to assist in quick reversing; Fig. 2 represents an internal resistance split phase reversing motor; Fig. 3 represents a capacitance start motor which employs internal resistance split phase characteristics to assist in reversing; Fig. 4 illustrates a capacitance start and capacitance reversing motor and Fig. 5 illustrates a capacitance start motor using an external resistance phase splitter to assist in reversing.

In Fig. l I have shown my invention as applied to a s ngle phase motor in which a capacitor I is used for splitting the phase for starting purposes. The primary windings ii and II of the motor are axially displaced preferably Oil mechanical degrees so as to produce fluxes in quadrature axes and those windings will preferably be alike or substantially alike in number of turns and in resistance. The rotor I3 is an induction secondary of the high resistance squirrel cage type. A speed responsive switch ll is represented as being operated by a centrifugal device It, but any usual form of switch which is operated automatically in response to the speed condition of the motor may be used. The switch II is shown 1938, Serial No. 194,867

in the starting position on starting contact it which corresponds to its position when the motor is at rest and when operating below the speed at which the starting'winding is normally disconnected. when the motor is up to normal speed 5 contact It rests on a running contact ii.

The line terminals of the motor are indicated at l8, one line connection going directly to one end of both primary windings and the other line connection going to the movable blade iii of a two way switch which serves both as an energizing switch and as a reversing switch. One stationary contact of this switch goes to the other end of primary winding l2 and the other stationary contact ii of this reversing switch connects with the other end of the other primary winding II. The speed responsive switch i4-l8 and the phase splittingeondenser iii are alsoconnected between the last two mentioned ends of windings II and i2. Thus, if we omit contact ll of the speed responsive switch and consider only the parts already described we have an ordinary split phase reversing motor having the primary windings connected in parallel circuits at starting speeds. If switch I! is closed on contact 20 the motor will start using winding H as the starting winding and II as the main winding. When up to about full speed winding II and the condenser It will be cut out at contact I6. If, however, switch I! had been thrown to contact II the motor would have started in the opposite direction and winding I! would have become the startingwinding and l lthemainwinding and switch is wouldhave cut out winding l2 asthe motor came up to speed. The motor will function as above described without the quick acting relay indicated at 22 but in such case it is necessary, in reversing the motor, to first open switch l9 and wait until the motor slows down to a speed where the speed responsive switch it closes on starting contact it before again energizing the motor for the reverse direction of rotation. Otherwise the motor would continue to operatesingle phase in the same direction. According to my invention with relay 2! and its connections, the motor may be operating full speed in either direction and the switch it quickly thrown to the opposite contact 20 or 2! without waiting for the motor to slow down and the motor will reverse and, moreover, willreverse much more quickly than with the prior described arrangement because of a powerful braking action while stopping.

Relay 22 has its coil connected across the speed responsive switch I! and condenser Iii, or across the contacts of the relayand speed responsive switches, or across those ends or windings II and I2 which are not connected directly to the common line terminal. For convenience we may call these ends of windings Ii and I2 the control ends. When this relay is deenergized. it is biased to a closed position and it closes its contacts to establish a circuit from running contact ll of the speed responsive switch to the control end of primary winding l2. Hence, when the motor is up to speed and relay 22 is deenergized, the relay and the speed responsive switch serves to directly connect the control ends of the primary windings ii and i2, omitting the condenser ll from this connection.

The operation of the apparatus including the relay 22 and contact I 'I will now be described. The positions of the switches as shown in Fig. 1 are their positions when the motor is deenergized and the motor is at rest. To start in one direction, switch i9 is closed on contact 20 and to start in the reverse direction, it is closed on contact 2|. Let us assume we close'switch I! on contact 20. This puts winding l2 directly acrow the line and winding ll with condenser l0 in series in parallel with winding l2 across the line. As soon as the motor is energized relay 22 is also energized, due to the voltage across condenser i0, and opens its contacts, although the circuit through the relay contacts is already open at contact ll of the speed responsive switch.

The motor starts in the selected direction of rotation and at the proper speed the movable speed responsive switch l4 opens the starting winding circuit at starting contact I6 and moves to running contact i1. Relay 22 remains energized because it is now connected across line It through otherwise idle winding II. The relay prevents the establishment of themegative torque connection at running speeds except when the reversing switch is operated. Hence, the motor now runs single phase on winding l2 in the usual manner. If the motor slows down due to overload, the centrifugal switch will reconnect the starting winding condenser circuit in again generally at around 60% of full speed and if it is desired to stop the motor switch I9, is simply moved to open position and hence, the operation is normal in these respects. With switch IS on contact 20 and the motor in normal single phase operation the motor is reversed by moving switch l9 to contact 2! without the necessity of any hesitation in so doing. The instant that switch I9 leaves contact 20, the quick acting relay 22 is deenergized and closes its contacts. Relay 22 is energized through switch I! and is thus responsive to the opening of this switch. Switch I9 is closed on contact 2|. This happens before the motor has slowed down to any appreciable extent and hence, both motor windings l I and I2 are connected in parallel directly across the line l8, winding l2 being connected through switch l4, contact I! and the closed contacts of relay 22. Relay 22 remains deenergized because its coil is now short circuited by its own contacts through switch l4 in the high speed position on contact l1. As thus connected the motor has a substantial negative torque tending to slow it down. The magnitude of this negative torque and the speed to which it will slow down under the described conditions depends upon the resistance of the rotor winding. A motor with equal windings spaced degrees and with an ordinary low resistance rotor running normally on one winding will, when the second winding is connected in parallel, have negative torque down to about 75% of synchronous speed. It

the rotor resistanceis increased to a value about four times that of a normal low resistance rotor, the range at which negative torque is produced, with both windings in parallel without phase split, may be increased down to 50%- of synchronous speed which is generally below the speed where the speed responsive switch closes on the starting contact. It is only necessary that the negative torque reduce the speed of the motor to the point where the speed responsive switch will return to low speed or starting position.

Hence, the motor reduces speed very quickly and speed responsive switch leaves contact I! and moves to starting contact I. As soon as contact H is opened a voltage again appears across the coil of relay 22 and it picks up and opens its contacts. When the speed responsive switch closes on contact I, condenser III is connected in series with winding l2 across the line in parallel with winding II and a powerful reversing torque reverses the motor and brings it up to speed in the opposite direction. At the proper speed the speed responsive switch 14 cuts out the condenser and now starting winding i2 and the motor runs single phase on winding II in the usual manner.

The reversing of the motor by throwing switch It from contact 2| to 20 establishes the same electric braking of negative torque conditions as previously described and the reversing operation is in other respects the same as described above. If the two primary windings of the motor are exactly alike, the reversing characteristics of the motor will be exactly similar for both directions. However, there may be a substantial difference in these two windings without rendering the scheme inoperative.

Fig. 2 represents the invention as applied to the usual split phase motor where the primary windings are materially diflerent. In this case 23 represents the main or running winding and 24 the starting winding for both directions of rotation. Reversing is accomplished by a switch 25 for reversing the starting winding 24. Either winding may be reversed, but in reversing it is required that the relay 22 be momentarily deenergized. 26 represents an ordinary low resistance squirrel cage rotor. The speed responsive switch l4 and the quick acting relay 22 are the same as in Fig. 1 and are connected essentially in the same way, although the external phase splitting device III of Fig. 1 is not used and phase splitting is obtained by using windings having diiierent time constants such as by means of a high resistance winding 24.

In Fig. 2 the switches are represented in the positions they will assume when the motor is at,

rest and deenergized. To start the motor in one direction the line I. is energized and switch 25 closed, say upward. The motor starts as a resistance split phase motor. At the proper speed, switch l4 opens the starting winding 24 circuit at contact it. Quick acting relay immediately picks up and opens its contacts before switch [4 reaches running contact IT. This relay is energized whenever a voltage exists across the contacts of the relay and speed responsive switches. Single phase operation is then obtained on winding 23 alone.

To reverse, switch 2! is thrown to the down position. During this switching operation relay 22 is deenergized and closes its contact. It is a quick acting relay of low inertia and hence. closes its contacts even though switch 25 is very quickly reversed. Winding 24 is thus again connected in circuit, but now through the contacts of relay 22, contact l1 and speed responsive switch I. Relay 22 remains deenergized at this time because its coil is short-circuited until switch ll moves oil of the running contact II.

The reversing of switch 25 thus leaves the motor running approximately-full speed but in a direction which is the reverse of that for which its windings are connected. The motor will then be subject to a powerful reversing torque which will quickly slow it down through a speed where the circuit of winding 24 is momentarily opened when switch ll moves from contact H to contact ll after which the same reversing connections are again established and the motor reverses and starts in the opposite direction. At the proper increase in speed switch it moves from contact II to contact i1 and opens the circuit of starting winding 2. Relay 22 picks up before switch ll reaches contact i1. Normal single phase operation on winding 23 alone is resumed. The operating performance of the speed responsive and relay switches is independent of thedirection of rotation. The reversing operations in the other direction are the same as just described with the exception that switch 25 is thrown from down to up. The rotor 26 of Fig. 2 may be a standard low resistance squirrel cage.

Fig. 3 is similar to Fig. 2 with the exception that a condenser 21 has been included in the starting winding circuit, and the motor starts as a capacitor split instead of a resistance split motor.

The motor of Fig. 3 may be a standard motor as in Fig. 2 with enough resistance in the starting winding to accomplish resistance splitting or dephasing of the currents in the two primary windings. In a reversing operation during the initial portion of the reversing operation the motor will develop a resistance split phase reversing torque as in Fig. 2. This is when the motor is running at a speed where contact arm I rests on running contact l1. After the motor slows down to a point where switch ll moves to contact i6 during the remainder of the reversing operation in the opposite direction capacitor 21 is in the circuit of winding 24 and the motor finishes the reversing operation and the starting operation in the opposite direction as a capacitor split instead of a resistance split phase motor. Thus, the operation of the motor of Fig. 3 is the same as the motor of Fig. 2 with the exception that when the speed responsive switch I is in the starting position on contact ii the motor becomes a capacitance split combination.

Fig. 3 differs essentially from Fig. 1 in that in Fig. l a negative torque but non-split phase torque is developed when the speed responsive switch rests on the running contact during the initial part of a reversing operation, whereas in Fig. 3 the torque developed at this time is a resistance split phase reversing torque and is, of course, negative with respect to the direction of rotation of the motor at this time.

Fig. 3 resembles Fig. 1 in that during a reversing and starting operation when the motor speed is such that switch arm ll rests on the starting contact, the motors reverse and start as capacitor split phase motors.

I do not intend to imply that the motor windings in Figs. 2 and 3 would be exactly alike. Some difference in design will generally be desirable to take best advantage of the difference in the low speed split phase characteristics.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a combination wherein the entire reversing operation and the starting operation is accomplished with the motor operating as a split phase capacitor motor. In this case the motor windings ii and i2 maybe and preferably are similar. The rotor 28 may be of the ordinary low resistance squirrel cage type. Condenser III is the starting condenser and is also used as the reversing condenser for the low speed part of the reversing operation when switch I is on the starting contact i8. Condenser 28 is a reversing condenser and is used only during the high speed portion of the reversing operation when switch ll rests on high speed contact ll.

The operation of this arrangement may be explained as follows: The parts are shown with the motor deenergized and at rest. To start, switch i3 is closed on contact 2i or contact 20 depending upon the direction of rotation desired. If on contact 2i the motor windings are energized with condenser ill in series with winding i2 and it starts as a condenser split phase motor. During this starting operation there is a voltage across the coil of relay 22 and it is thus energized and its contacts are open. It remains energized when speed responsive switch l4 operates to cut out winding i2 and condenser ill and closes on contact i'l. The motor thus runs single phase on winding ii.

To reverse, switch I! is thrown to contact 20. During movement of switch l9 from contact 2i to contact 20 relay 22 is deenergized and, hence, closes its contacts and then remains deenergized after switch i9 closes on contact 20 because the coil of relay 22 is shorted by its own contacts. Condenser 28 is thus connected in series with winding ii and winding i2 is also energized directly. The motor thus develops a powerful reversing torque as distinguished from merely a negative torque as in Fig. 1. The speed of the motor drops until the speed responsive switch moves from contact il. to contact Hi. This merely substitutes condenser ii'i for condenser 28 and the reversing operation is completed. The motor reverses and starts in the opposite direction using winding i i and condenser ill as the condenser split phase starting winding circuit. When up to speed, the

starting winding circuit is opened and the motor runs single phase on winding i2 alone.

Fig. 5 is like Fig. 4 with the one exception, that a resistance 29 is substituted for the condenser 23 of Fig. 4. The operation of Fig. 5 is like that of Fig. 4 with the exception that in the initial or high speed part of a reversing operation the motor of Fig. 5 operates as a resistance split phase motor instead of a capacitance split phase motor.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits, said connections including a reversing switch by means of which the motor may be energized for opposite directions of rotation, a two way switch responsive to the speed 01' the motor having a movable contact and starting and. running contacts for opening one of the parallel connected winding circuits as the motor comes up to speed, and a relay switch, biased to a closed position having contacts in series with the running contact of said speed responsive switch for establishing a parallel connection of the primary winding circuits when the motor is up to speed and said reversing switch is thrown to reverse the motor, said relay having an energizing winding connected across said speed responsive and relay switches, which winding when energized opens said relay switch.

2. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits for split phase starting at starting speeds, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits for split phase negative torque characteristics at running speeds when reversing, control means for determning when said different circuits shall be established and for causing single phase operation of said motor at running speeds comprising a speed responsive movable switch member which is included in the starting connection at starting speeds and in the negative torque connection at running speeds, a switch for alternately connecting the motor for reverse directions of rotation, and a relay which permits the establishment of the negative torque connection at running speeds only when said reversing switch is operated to reverse the motor.

3. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary, a pair of primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, means for controlling the operation of said motor for the purpose of obtaining negative torque at substantially all speeds for reversing the motor, a split phase starting torque at starting speeds and a single phase torque at operating speed, said control means comprising a switch responsive to the speed of the motor and having low and high speed positions for connecting said windings in parallel circuits through alternate connections,

the connection made when the switch is in the high speed position containing a relay switch biased to a closed position and having a winding which, when energized, opens the relay switch, said relay being connected to be energized only when a voltage exists across the contacts of the relay and speed responsive switches, and a reversing switch for changing the connections of said motor for opposite directions of rotation which switch, when operated, deenergizes said relay.

4. A split phase motor having an induction secondary and two primary windings, axially displaced at an angle to each other, means including a speed responsive switch for connecting said windings in parallel circuits for starting purposes and opening the circuit of one winding as the motor comes up to speed, said switch again reconnecting said windings in parallel circuits when the motor decreases from operating to starting speeds, an energzing and reversing switch for said motor having two energizing positions corresponding to opposite directions of operation of the motor and means responsive to the operation of said reversing switch between said two positions when the motor is operating full speed in either direction for establishing and energizing another parallel connection of said windings without waiting for the speed of the motor to decrease to a point where said speed responsive switch operatu.

5. A split phase motor having an induction secondary, a pair of primary windings disposed on axes at an angle to each other, circuits for connecting said windings in parallel circuits for split phase starting, a switch responsive to the speed of the motor having a movable switch member having starting and running positions for opening one of said winding circuits between starting and running speed conditions and for reclosing said circuit between running and starting speed conditions, a reversing and energizing switch ior said motor having two positions corresponding to opposite directions of operation oi said motor, and relay means for establishing a parallel connection oi said windings through the movable member of said speed responsive switch when in its running position when said reversing switch is operated to reverse the motor, whereby a reversing torque is developed without the necessity of waiting for the speed responsive switch member to move to starting position.

6. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, said windings being connected together at one end, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits including a line terminal joined to the connected-together ends of said windings, a second line terminal, a reversing switch for alternately connecting said second line terminal to the other ends of said windings, a switch responsive to the speed of the motor and a phase splitting device connected in series relation between the last mentioned ends of said windings, said speed responsive switch having a movable contact and starting and running contacts, said movable contact serving to move from the starting contact to the running contact as the motor comes up to speed to open the circuit through said phase splitting device, and a relay switch biased to a closed position having contacts in series with the running contact of said speed responsive switch for establishing a parallel connection of the primary winding circuits when the motor is up to speed and the reversing switch is thrown to reverse the motor, said relay having an energizing winding connected across said speed responsive and relay switches which winding when energized opens said relay switch.

7. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, connections i'or energizing said windings in parallel circuits, said connections including a reversing switch by means of which the motor may be energized for opposite directions of rotation, a two way switch responsive to the speed of the motor having a movable contact and starting and running contacts for opening one of the parallel connected winding circuits as the motor comes up to speed, a relay switch biased to a closed position having contacts in series with the running contact of the speed responsive switch for establishing a parallel connection of the primary winding circuits and negative motor torque characteristic when the motor is up to speed and said reversing switch is thrown to reverse the motor, said relay having an energizing winding connected across said speed responsive and relay switch contacts, which winding when energized opens said relay switch, and a phase splitting device included in the circuit established by the speed responsive switch when closed on the starting contact, the operating performance oi said speed responsive switch and relay being independent of the direction oi rotation of the motor.

8. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and main and starting windings having different time constants so as to produce a phase splitting eilect and wound on axes displaced at an angle to each other, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits, said connections including a reversing switch for reversing one of said winding circuits with respect to the other, a switch responsive to the speed of the motor for opening the starting winding circuit as the motor comes up to speed, a connection made by the speed responsive switch when the motor is up to speed thf6ugh which the starting winding circuit may be reconnected, said connection including a relay switch biased to a closed position but having an energizing winding for holding its switch open when the winding is energized, said winding being energized only when the motor is energized and the circuit through the relay switch is open either at its own contacts or at the connection established by the speed responsive switch when the motor is up to speed, the circuit through said relay switch establishing a negative torque connection for the motor when the motor is up to speed in either direction of rotation and the reversing switch is thrown to reverse the motor.

9. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and main and starting primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits, said connections including a reversing switch for reversing one oi said winding circuits with respect to the other to reverse the motor, a two-way switch responsive to the speed of the motor having a movable contact and starting and running contacts for opening the starting winding circuit as the motor comes up to speed, and a relay switch biased to a closed position having contacts in series with the running contact of said speed responsive switch for reconnecting the starting winding circuit in parallel with the main winding when the motor is up to speed and said reversing switch is thrown to reverse the motor, said relay having an energising winding connected across said speed responsive and relay switches which winding when energised openssaidrelay switch.

10. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced at an angle to each other, said windings being connected together at one end, a pair of line terminals, one line terminal being joined to the connected-together ends of said windings, control means associated with the other control ends of said windings, said control means including a two-way reversing switch having a movable contact connected to the second line terminal and a pair of stationary contacts connected to the control ends of the two primary windings, a switch responsive to the speed of the motor having a movable contact connected to the control end of one winding, and

starting and running contacts, the starting contact being connected to the control end of the other winding through a phase splitting device and the running contact also being connected to the control end of the last mentioned winding through a quick acting relay switch biased to a closed position and a second phase splitting device, said relay having an energizing winding connected across the relay and speed responsive switch contacts which winding when energized opens the relay switch.

ii. A split phase reversing motor comprising an induction secondary and two primary windings axially displaced to each other, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits with a condenser included in one of said circuits for split phase operation at starting speeds, connections for energizing said windings in parallel circuits for resistance, split phase negative torque operation at running speeds when reversing, control means for determining when said difl'erent circuits shall be established and for causing single phase operation of said motor at running speeds, comprising a speed responsive switch tor establishing the first mentioned connection at starting speeds and to assist in establishing the second mentioned connection at running speeds, a switch for alternately connecting the motor ior reverse directions 01 operation and a relay which permits the establishment of the negative torque operation connection at running speeds only when said reversing switch is operated to reverse the motor.

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